Teachers union head Randi Weingarten rejects congressman’s claim that she’s been silent on antisemitism
Rep. Tim Walberg singled out the American Federation of Teachers leader during a hearing on “Unmasking Union Antisemitism"
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Fast Forward Randi Weingarten, teachers’ union leader, joins J Street board
Mike Pompeo, the former secretary of state, recently called her 'the most dangerous person in the world'
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Opinion Letter to my community: My faith in Judaism and my faith in unions are one and the same
I’d like to clarify some comments I made in a recent interview with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Those remarks sparked a controversy. Unfortunately, a few issues got conflated in the interview. For that, I apologize. In the interview, I intended to point out that while there was a time in our Jewish communal history in…
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Opinion An open letter to Randi Weingarten: Poor Jews exist, too
In a recent interview with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Randi Weingarten, the longtime president of the American Federation of Teachers, commented that “American Jews are now part of the ownership class.” She was responding to a question about why the AFT has advocated for teachers to stay out of classrooms, despite the drive to get…
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The Schmooze 24 Top Power Couples: Jewish Edition
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News How Jewish Principles Guide Teachers’ Union Leader Randi Weingarten
Randi Weingarten has held leadership position in teachers unions for almost three decades, but in the coming school year she faces perhaps the most daunting challenge of her career. The 2016 election resulted in an administration whose views are almost diametrically opposed to everything Weingarten, as head of the American Federation of Teachers, believes in….
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Fast Forward American Teachers Slam Israel’s Classroom Ban On Political Opinions
NEW YORK (JTA) — The heads of the American Federation of Teachers and the American Association of University Professors jointly condemned a law proposed by Israel’s education minister that would bar the expression of political views in classrooms. “The ‘code of ethics’ that the government of Israel is considering for the country’s academic institutions is a…
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